Sanitary laundry-truck.



E. H. ESHELMAN. SANITARY LAUNDRY TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED 413.10. 190B- 920 47. Patented May 4,1909.

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EDWARD H. ESHELMAN, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

SANITARY LAUNDRY-TRUCK.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filed March 10, 1908. Serial No. 420,274.

Too-[Z whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. EsHEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Im rovenients in Sanitary Laundry l ruclis, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a truck which serves as a receptacle to carry the clot-hes from the washing apparatus to the drying apparatus or other 111) aratus about a laundry; and with this tLIMFlHlIIOI objects in View, my invention consists in the parts and combination of parts as will be iercinafter more fully set out.

in the drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of a truck constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same; Fig. 3 is a ersp'ectlii'e view of the truck and receptacle etac-hed.

1 represents a clothes receptacle which may be made of any suitable material.

2 is a valved outlet of the bottom ofthe receptacle andfi is a false bottom in the receptacle. This false bottom is perforated and has its edges turned down to form a flange, by means of which it is removably supported in the rece tacle, some distance above the bottom of t e receptacle as shown in Fig. 2.

The truck coin 'risc-s a. base-frame 4 which is preferably mar e of a. single bar of angle iron bent in four places to form the corners of a rectangular frame. The ends of this bar of angle iron are secured to ether in any suitable manner, thus forming ut one joint in the erimeter oi the base. To increase the rigii ity and strength ofthebas-frame as thus constructed, cornenplat s 8 are securely fastened to the corners by rivets or other suitable means. The casters 5, of any suitable construction, are tirppe'd in or otherwise secured to, the base 4.

6' are standards, four-in number," of angle ners thereof. ards 6 arejoined' by"m'ean's of a band 7 iron riveted" or otherwise'secured' at their lower end to theb'ase frame 4"at the cor-- Themp'per'ends offthe" stunih i thereof is supported upon one of the flanges of the angle 11011, while the corners of the receptacle fit snugly within the angle Iron standards 5.

The wet clothes are placed within the receptacle 1, the water from the clothes drains through the perforations in the false bottom 3 into the chamber below formed in the bottom of the receptacle 1 from whence it is drained by meansof the \alx ed outlet 2.- The rece JtzlClc, when full of clothes, is, by means oi the rollers on the truck, readily moved to the drier in the lauinlrv.

From the above, it will be seen that. .l have, by my invention, provided a simple, eflicient and strong truck and rr-weptaclc for conveying clo hes between the washing a )paratus and the drying apparatus, and at the same time permitting of the dra-inageof the sur lus water from said clothes whilein transit etween the washing apparatus and the drying apparatus. Further, all the separate parts are readily detachable, thus facilitating repair or replacement of the parts.

Another advantage of my invention is that I the several parts of the truck may be readil T cleaned, owing to the fact that they are al detachable, thus rendering the truck desirable from a sanitary standpoint.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by letters Patent is: I

1. in a laundry truck, the combination with an integral rectangular base provided with outer upwardly-turncd flanges, standards of angle-iron extending upwardly from said'basc to, form guides for a receptacle fitting therein, a. band connecting said standards on the outside at the top, corner plates rigidly reinforcing said rectangular base at the corners thereof, and casters suitably attached to said corner dates; of a receptacle for washed clothing a. opted to enter freely between said standardguides and to slide into snug engageincnt therewith.

2; In alaundry truck, the combination with a rectangular base provided with u Wsrd1y-extending flanges integral therewiuil, angle iron standards inclined. upwardiy from said base, and a band connecting said. standards at the top, of a reoeptociofor washed 1 clothing adapted to be removably secured 1 Within said -truck.

The foregoing specification sighed at Birmin 'hmn Aim. this 15th do of FGiH'UiLY", n 7 i) EDWARD ll. ESHEIAMAX. 1.11 presence of two Witnesses:

O. J. EslmLm'Aw, INA D. BURKETT. 

